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Guide
Dogs
This is an important decision for an individual to
make. The care required for the animal, along with, the person’s travel habits and
needs when considering this type of commitment.
Accessibility for Service Animals
In violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, many businesses across the country
continue to prohibit individuals with service animals from entering their premises. The
Disability Rights Task Force has prepared a document providing specific information about
the legal requirements of this topic to assist businesses in complying voluntarily.
Web: http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/animal.htm
Assistance Dog Special Allowance Program
People with a guide, signal or other service dog may be entitled to receive financial
assistance through this program in California. You can get more information and help completing the
application from your county welfare department, local Independent Living Centers and
other consumer based programs.
Send/Fax the application to:
Department of Social Services - Assistance Dog Special Allowance Program
744 P Street, MS 19-94
Sacramento, CA 95814
Voice/TDD: (916) 229-4048
Fax: (916) 229-4578
Web: http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/assistance_184.htm.
Berkeley DogEars
XenoSoft is a small but well-established (20 years) programming business that decided to
create equipment for helping in the training of service dogs
Web: http://www.xenosoft.com/dogears/
Guide Dogs for the Blind
"It is essential that our students have the ability to travel independently in
their home area before training and with a Guide Dog. Independent travel means proceeding
to three or four separate destinations by either walking, taking public transportation or
a combination of the two, usually by using a long cane." Guide Dogs for the Blind,
Inc., Admissions and Training requirements.
San Rafael, CA
Call: (800) 295-4050
Fax: (415) 499-4035
Web site: http://www.guidedogs.com/.
Guide Dog User, Inc. (GDUI)
Non-profit organization for people interested in guide dogs. As a member you
receive four issues of their audio tape magazine, "PAWTRACKS", 11 issues of
"The Braille Forum," the magazine of the American Council of the Blind and
voting privileges at the GDUI annual national convention. GDUI is a special interest
affiliate of the American Council of the Blind.
http://www.gdui.org
Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Inc.
Guiding Eyes was founded to enhance and promote safe travel, independence, security
and dignity for people who are blind or visually impaired, through the use of a well
trained guide dog.
Granite Springs Road
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Phone: (914) 245-4024
Fax: (914) 245-1609
Web: http://www.guiding-eyes.org.
Guide Dogs of America
An International Guiding Eyes, Inc. Program
13445 Glenoaks Blvd.
Sylmar, CA 91342
(818) 362-5834
E-mail: mail@guidedogsofamerica.org
Web: http://www.guidedogsofamerica.org.
The Seeing Eye
The mission of The Seeing Eye is to enhance the independence, dignity, and self-confidence
of blind people through the use of Seeing Eye dogs.
P.O. Box 375
Morristown, NJ 07963-03715
Phone: (973) 539-4425
Fax: (973) 539-0922
Web site: http://www.seeingeye.org.
Dog Guide laws for the U.S. and Canada:
Web: http://www.seeingeye.org/ResourceCenter.asp?sc=dg#2t
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